Jayu Park (자유공원) is the hill I think of whenever someone asks me what old Incheon was like. It covers the whole of Eungbongsan (응봉산), a low hill rising behind Incheon Station and Chinatown, and from the top you look straight out over the port, the cranes, and the open water of the Yellow Sea. … Read more
Most foreign visitors to Korea skip Incheon Chinatown for a simple reason: a Chinatown in Korea sounds redundant. If you have already seen the ones in San Francisco or London, why spend an hour on the subway for a smaller version? That logic misses what this place actually is. Incheon Chinatown is not an outpost … Read more
Sinpo International Market has a claim most Korean markets cannot make: two dishes that are now sold in every corner of the country were either invented here or made famous here. One of them was an accident. The other was a small shop’s idea that spread nationwide without anyone planning it. Neither is marked with … Read more